Cybersecurity Bill Pass Senate Committee Culled from Information Week April 1st, 2010 Senators supporting the legislation, aimed at protecting the U.S. from cyberattacks, stress the need to enact it as soon as possible. A crucial piece of cybersecurity legislation is one step closer to becoming law after being approved during a Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee hearing Wednesday. The Cybersecurity Act,S.773, aimed at protecting critical U.S. network infrastructure against cybersecurity threats by fostering collaboration between the federal government and the private sector firms that maintain that infrastructure, is now on its way to the Senate floor.  READ MORE Scientific Reasons for Earth's Seasons Sun, 21-Mar-2010  The seasons are a powerful force in our lives. They affect the activities we do, the foods we crave, the clothes we wear — and quite often, the moods we are in. The seasons officially change once again Saturday, with spring beginning in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn starting in the south. What is it that causes the change in seasons?..READ MORE Data Center Technology & Operations Tue, 13-Oct-2009 11:08 PM Data Center Technology & Operations (DCT&O) solutions offer a differentiating and holistic approach to transformational change within client’s data centers. Through a unique approach and delivery capability they are able to drive cost efficiencies and operational effectiveness through the optimization of the underlying infrastructure technologies, as well as the supporting operational processes, based upon ITIL V3, and tools. .....READ MORE Senate bill would ban caller ID spoofing [$] CongressDaily (AM) August 5, 2009 The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday is expected to take up a bill by Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., that would ban the spoofing of caller-identification systems, punishable by fines of up to $10,000 per violation. One limitation of the bill is that it covers only persons or companies based in the United States. East Africa gets high-speed web The first undersea cable to bring high-speed internet access to East Africa is going live. The fibre-optic cable, operated by African-owned firm Seacom, will connect South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique to Europe and Asia. Thur, Jul 23, 2009 8:30 AM Trendsetters in the Networked World? Look to Consumers in the Emerging Economies Accenture research finds that communications companies should be looking to consumers in developing economies as forerunners of a broader market and as a target group for testing new services. These consumers are setting a pace at least as fast as those in the developed world. Wed, March 4, 2009 7:56 AM

Keep your PC out of ‘denial of service’ attacks By Suzanne Choney msnbc.com Fri, August 7, 2009 1:57 AM Security important for minimizing chances of computer becoming a 'zombie' As a home user, you can't stop such denial-of-service attacks like those that hit Twitter and Facebook Thursday from happening, but you can do your best to make sure that your computer is not being used to instigate them. .....READ MORE West Africa internet access hit by undersea cable damage Fri, July 31, 2009 4:35 PM Serious damage has been caused to the 15,000-km undersea SAT-3 cable, which has resulted in major disruption to West African internet access and services, the BBC reports. Several countries, including Benin, Togo, Niger and Nigeria, have all been hit hard. The cable itself runs between Europe (Portugal and Spain) to South Africa, via West Africa. Ladi Okuneye, chief marketing officer of Nigerian operator Suburban Telecom, noted that SAT-3 is currently the only fibre-optic cable serving West Africa. Premium Customer Support as a Key to High Performance in a Networked World A key to high performance in the communications and high tech marketplace is simplifying the complex technological environment for services and devices. Research also points to the importance of customer-centric design and service, and high-quality, unified customer support. Wed, March 4, 2009 7:15 AM The Agile Enterprise Marketer Wed, February 18, 2009 8:27 AM Hard Demand for a Soft Panel: Winning the Race to a Plug-and-Play World Tue, February 17, 2009 4:58 AM What IT Isn't Going to See Happen in 2009 Mon, February 16, 2009 11:41 PM